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The Bodleian Libraries in Oxford is celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Weston Library, the home of its outstanding special collections, by unveiling a manuscript designated a 'national treasure' which has now been saved for the nation.
A prayer book belonging to Dr Crippen will go under the hammer at Richard Winterton Auctioneers on March 24.American homeopath, ear and eye specialist and medicine dispenser Hawley Harvey Crippen was hanged in 1910 after the disappearance of his wife Cora, a music hall…
The Book Collector literary journal has appointed David Pearson as its new editor, following the death of James Fleming in December last year.
For the first time in its 40 year history, The Sunderland Collection, a private collection of rare antique cartography, is loaning items to a public institution. The collection is lending eight atlases and maps to the Sainsbury Centre, a public art museum in Norwich, UK which is affiliated…
![Lucas Janszoon Waghenaer, Thresoor Der Zeevaert… Amsterdam, Cornelius Claesz., [?1602]. Offered at £80,000.](https://cdn.finebooksmagazine.com/sites/default/files/styles/mobile_listed_teaser_thumb_768x735_/public/media-images/2025-03/lucas-janszoon-waghenaer-thresoor-der-zeevaert-title-page-1602-courtesy-daniel-crouch-rare-books.jpg?itok=WuYgabFZ)
Daniel Crouch Rare Books will bring to an exhibition celebrating the cartographic innovations of the Dutch Golden Age to TEFAF Maastricht which runs March 15 – 20 2025.
A leaf from the Gutenberg Bible has been found in an attic in Bromsgrove, UK and is expected to sell for £20,000 - £30,000 later this month.The manuscript dating back to circa 1455 will be sold at Chorley’s Auctioneers in the UK's Cotswolds on March 25. It was found by a resident of Bromsgrove in…
Hake’s' March 25-26 auction will showcase a selection of original art including Howard Chaykin’s original pen-and-ink page art from issue #1 of the Star Wars comic book.
The first-ever major celebration of the illustrators behind the art of the Folio Society’s books will celebrate the art of book illustration and design with a landmark exhibition in New York. The Art of Folio, which will showcase the talents of 91 illustrators Folio has worked with over the…
The Wonderland factual television series returns to Sky Arts next month with an all-new four-part series Science Fiction in the Atomic Age.
One of the highlights of the Catawiki calendar is the Collectors Fair 2025, running now through March 17, designed to bring together traditional and modern collectables to an engaged audience of collectors. As part of this campaign, the focus of the Books and Historical Memorabilia team will…
